CVE-2020-8228
MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: October 5, 2020 at 01:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:26 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsLeapBackports SlePreferred Providers
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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
A missing rate limit in the Preferred Providers app 1.7.0 allowed an attacker to set the password an uncontrolled amount of times.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Preferred Providers· Nextcloudnextcloud-app
95%Vendor states this is fixed in 1.8.0 (unaffected)
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00019.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://hackerone.com/reports/922470x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=NC-SA-2020-033CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- LOW
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-840CWE-307
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